Verbs that start with D

You dismiss someone when you let them go away from you.

You disobey when you deliberately don't do what you are told.
The photo is of someone parking in front of a no parking sign, and some rubbish dumped in front of a no dumping sign.
The opposite of disobey is obey.

Displace means to move something out of its usual place. It can also mean to replace one person or thing with another.

The kitten in the picture has been displaced from the row of kittens.

See also - displacement.

To dispose of something means to get rid of it or to throw it away. You dispose of trash when you put it in the bin.

Dispose is most often used as a formal word in rules about garbage, recycling or waste handling.

Diving is a sport where you jump into the water, usually from a small platform. Some people dive in so they can start swimming faster. Sometimes people have the diving board set up really high so between jumping off and landing in the water they have time to do lots of acrobatic twists and turns.
Usually when you dive into the water, you want to make as small a splash as possible.

You drag something when you pull it along with much effort. Generally when you drag something, most of it is on the ground and you have to overcome a lot of friction. People often drag things when they don't have something like a wheelbarrow or trolley to help them, and they are too heavy to carry.

Something is drifting if it is being gently carried along by currents in air or water with no particular direction. The leaf in the picture is drifting on a lake.

A drip is a small amount of water that falls slowly. Taps drip when they leak, and water will drip from your hands when they are wet.

Something droops if it bends over and down. Things might droop because they are tired or unsupported. Some plants and flowers naturally have a drooping growth pattern.

You dunk something when you quickly put it into some liquid and take it out again. The person in the picture is dunking a cookie into their coffee.